Volunteering At The Humane Society

Of all the things I value, what makes me most happy is when I have the opportunity to help someone in need and I get to achieve that opportunity. The clubs I joined in high school allowed me to express this thing I love to do in many different aspects helping different people with many obstacles they face. The first activity I participated in was for entertainment purposes for dogs that are kept in pounds because they have not been adopted. This made my community stronger because we raised awareness to people who were interested in adopting after our activity, in addition to helping the dogs that are in need of attention and excitement using our abilities with art. In addition to this activity, National Art Honor Society has helped our school

I decided to start volunteering at the local humane society because I’ve always been really passionate about animals and wanted to start benefiting them in the community. Prior to my service I was delighted because I’ve wanted to start volunteering for years and was glad the opportunity had presented itself. Throughout my experience I learned a great deal and met a lot of new people. Even though I’ve only just started serving my time at the Fox Valley Humane Association I can truly see the difference it has made in the community.

I have been in a few school activities. One of the main activities that I have been involved in is Color guard. Since my sophomore year, I have been on the guard and participating in all of the competitions with the band. It is a great way to get involved, make new friends, and create new experiences. I am also in my school’s National Honor Society which is an organization that consists of the top academic scholars. We do volunteer work and do activities that display integrity. We have done blood drives as well as packaged food for Kids Against Hunger. That is another organization that people can do to help package food for children across seas that don’t have any source of nourishment. I am an active thespian which is a group of sorts that is dedicated to the fine arts. I have been one since my freshmen year and have been either stage manager or assistant stage manager for two plays and three musicals. My junior year as well as this year I was involved in National

When the f-5 tornado decimated the town of Smithville on April 27, 2011, a whopping 15 people were killed, 40 people injured, 18 homes destroyed, and two businesses were annihilated. (National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office) Without the help of various organizations, like the Salvation Army, Smithville would’ve never recovered from the horrifying disaster, which made me wonder what the Salvation Army does, what a volunteer needs to do, and what the benefits are of a volunteer.

In todays society there are many things that people can be involved in. One is volunteering. Local organizations around my community are always looking for people to come in and help volunteer with the young and the old. A local Boys and Girls club is one that I volunteer at when ever I get a chance to. Volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club has allowed me to help the boys and girls to have a safe place to come learn and grow while having fun. It is a place where young people can come and know someone cares about them. Volunteering makes a difference in the lives of boys and girls in the community. (Volunteer1) Volunteering with the Boys & Girls Club has taught me more about the organization, what a volunteer does, and what I can learn from volunteering.

As a second year National Honor Society student, the last couple of years I have been more focused on ways I can help my community to help get all my service hours in for the end of my high school NHS career. I’ve always loved doing little things to help someone who needs it but I never thought about the things that I do everyday count just as much as the other things. Community service to me, is more than just holding the door open for someone, picking up trash, or helping someone with their groceries. I want to help people grow and be a better person while serving my community. I want to do more than volunteer, I want to impact the lives of people and I feel that is what I have done.

The only extracurricular activity I am a part of as of now, is Key club. I am an active member and commit approximately 20 hours of community service a semester. In Middle School I was a part of NJHS, Student Congress, and WEB (middle school equivalent to Link Crew). Within the next year, I plan on joining NHS as well as Link Crew.

Over the summers of high school I have been a volunteer at the Cedar Valley Humane Society. My duties as a volunteer included cleaning up cages, kennels, floors, and dishes, as well as comforting and walking the animals. I have loved animals for as long as I remember, so it was very satisfying to be able to help out these animals in need. My favorite part was seeing how much their days were made just by getting some care and affection. Furthermore, I have just recently started volunteering at the Mercy Hospital. I think volunteering at the hospital will help expand my knowledge of health career jobs and medical terminology. I plan to volunteer a large amount of my time to help out the patients and staff at

The Future Farms of America or the FFA is the extracurricular activity that has affected me the most in my high school years and my life thus far. Many people may think that the FFA is only an organization of farms that go around judging cows and grow plants but we are much more than that. Through FFA, I have been able to come out of my comfort zone, take a leadership position, and learn to give back to the community. Meeting new people through all the competition the FFA does and working with members in my chapter caused me to make new friends who slowly help me out of my comfort zone. I even gave a speech in front of my whole about how FFA can cause anyone to step out of their comfort zones leaping out of the zone myself in that moment. As

I am a member of National Honor Society. We volunteer and help people in anyway we can. So far I have about 20 hrs of community service. I helped my teacher moved everything in his class during the summer. I helped an old woman raked leaves in her backyard. I volunteered to assist my high school's registration. I lend a hand to elementary school children and basically played and watched them. I assisted a youth wrestling tournament. There are many more services in which I hoped to help out.

BETA Club and National Honor Society promote academic excellence and service, therefore I have helped in several events. For example, I gathered boxes filled with toys for impoverished children. Also, I helped host a dinner to honor local veterans in an effort to give thanks to those who have sacrificed everything in the name of service. Interact Club has also given me ample opportunities to help my community, from setting up a food drive to making blankets for Project Linus. These clubs instilled a strong sense of service within me and motivated me to find more ways to which to help my town.

I am very involved in volunteer work because working to make a better world is very dear to my heart. I was the Senior Class Representative of my high school service club and my job was to organize a lot of events. I was heavily involved in the committee for our Mini Dance Blue Marathon, and loved dancing the night away for the kids. I loved working with kids and helping to shape them so I have volunteered at day camps such as Winshape Camp Foundation and Camp Can-I-Go for a few years.

Operation Christmas child and the Navajo Nation Mission Trip really impacted me and showed me just how a great an impact someone can have on people in need. Doing these community services and seeing how much a little help means to people brings me joy and to see how God is working through his people. I have done child care for my church life group, which I love watching kids and helping parents out so that they don't have to worry about their kids. This gives a chance for the parents to be able to pay attention and fellowship with others which is important. My favorite extracurricular actinides include: art (drawing, painting, photography), sports ( volleyball and soccer), outdoor activists( working out, hiking, kayaking), and archery. I believe i am uniquely qualified because I will be attending a Christian college wanting to further my education with a Christian view. Also, I hope to continue my community service during college by going on mission trips to places that my college provides. As well, I believe I am uniquely qualified because my goal is to use my passion in photography to share God's creation to the world, to show the world of all the different cultures, and to show others just how great an impact mission trips have. My passion for photography could impact others a lot with what they may see in my photography and that is why I believe i am

This paper describes Carly’s service learning project in which she spent twenty hours volunteering at the Alachua County Humane Society (ACHS). She worked with dogs and cats, caring for them until they were adopted into forever homes. She also formed relationships with fellow volunteers, specifically one from the same Family, Youth, and Community Sciences (FYCS) program at the University of Florida. In this paper, Carly’s feelings about the service learning in which she participated will be discussed, as well as how her actions in helping animals find homes benefitted the community. The benefits of her actions are backed up with research done by Dr. James E. Gern and an article published in Parents Magazine. Relationships between what she’s learned in her Principles of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences class will be examined, along with her feelings about her experience at the ACHS.

Imagine that you are walking from class and someone hands you an innocent looking brochure. You open it and see tortured and abused animals. Well I could have gone without seeing that. Helen Eptein in AIDS, Inc. saw some of the benefits and costs of the direct and indirect approach. The Humane Society uses both direct and indirect methods to get their point across. Both methods are useful, but if they are used in the wrong way, it could cause problems for the receivers of that information and the organization. The Humane Society promotes a “lifestyle brand” and creates social media campaigns, but also has a very direct way of supporting their cause against animal cruelty by showing very graphic pictures and videos.